THE ACTION BIBLE

Published by David C Cook

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LCCN 2010923224

ISBN 978-0-7814-4499-6

eISBN 978-1-4347-0239-5

Text © 2010 David C Cook

Illustrations © 2010 Sergio Cariello

New Testament edition published by David C Cook in 2009 © David C Cook (text)
and Sergio Cariello (illustrations), ISBN 978-14347-6486-7

General Editor: Doug Mauss

Art Director: Kevin Mullins

Bible Editor: Shawn Yost, M. Div.

Cover Design: Rule29 Creative, Inc.

Letterers: Dave Lanphear, Dave Rothe

Colorists: Patrick Gama, and Wellington Marçal, Priscila Ribeiro, Fabrício Sampaio Guerra, MaxFlan Araujo, Alex Guim of Impacto Studio

First Edition 2010

STEEL YOURSELF FOR ACTION…

People don’t usually think of God like this, but God is the original action hero. Everyone is so impressed when Superman blows a car over with his breath, yet God created the whole universe with His breath. Superman may save the day with his strength, but Jesus saved the whole world with His death.

And then there are the humans God chose to fulfill His divine plan—they were pretty awesome (though imperfect) action heroes themselves. Read about Samson wading into an army of Philistines, killing them all with nothing more than a donkey's jawbone. Discover how Esther risked the wrath of a temperamental king to save God’s people. Every few years there's another action movie about Robin Hood or King Arthur—but Hollywood always forgets about King David, a shepherd boy who lived as an outlaw before he became king. He was a part of history long before both of those legends.

But here’s the thing: The Action Bible is more than just the exciting stories of the past. Here and now, today, it inspires us to be God’s next generation of difference-makers. The heroes in the Bible were flawed and chosen; you and I are flawed and chosen. The action you read about in these 750 pages is nothing compared to the action that will occur once you put this book down.

How will you answer God’s call to action?

Doug Mauss
General Editor

I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing.
He will do even greater things than these …
—Jesus Christ (John 14:12)